This written history compiled, edited and written by Dale M. Sutter of Towanda. In 1847 and 1851 acts were passed by Congress granting construction of a railroad from Alton Illinois to Chicago. The completion of the railway in 1854 made Towanda...

Memories of life in Towanda, Illinois from 1856-1969, told through the eyes of Towanda resident, Mary Etta 'Lillian' Peterson Michael. Lillian described her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Jones, Sr., arrival in the area; her childhood;...

Articles: Should We Drink the Water? Typhoid Fever Worries at the Columbian Exposition; The Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company: A Profile of a Black-Owned Enterprise; A New Version of the Founding of the Chicago Daily News; Hamlet...